What will you in the The Global Financial Crisis Course
Understand the origins and timeline of the 2008 financial crisis.
Examine the roles of housing markets, subprime mortgages, and financial instruments.
Analyze the policy responses from governments and central banks.
Explore global impacts including the Eurozone crisis.
Apply key lessons to assess and prevent future financial crises
Program Overview
Module 1: Introduction to the Global Financial Crisis
Duration: ~2 hours
Define financial crises and review the 2008 crisis timeline.
Outline course structure and key learning themes.
Module 2: Common Causes of Financial Crises
Duration: ~3 hours
Identify economic patterns in historical crises.
Connect these patterns to the 2008 collapse.
Module 3: Housing and Mortgage Dynamics
Duration: ~4 hours
Explore the U.S. housing bubble.
Understand subprime lending and securitization.
Module 4: Safe Assets and Global Savings Glut
Duration: ~6 hours
Learn how demand for safe assets contributed to market imbalances.
Evaluate global capital flows before the crisis.
Module 5: The Housing Crash
Duration: ~5 hours
Investigate causes of the housing market collapse.
Assess the impact of lending practices and policy.
Module 6: Early Financial Anxiety
Duration: ~6 hours
Analyze warning signs in 2007.
Study market reactions and early failures.
Module 7: Escalating Tensions
Duration: ~5 hours
Review cases like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers.
Understand systemic risk escalation.
Module 8: The Panic
Duration: ~5 hours
Track full-scale panic after major financial collapses.
Evaluate liquidity shortages and global fear.
Module 9: Government and Central Bank Responses
Duration: ~6 hours
Analyze stimulus packages, bailouts, and regulations.
Evaluate their effectiveness in stabilizing the economy.
Module 10: Preparing for Future Crises
Duration: ~5 hours
Identify policy lessons and risk management strategies.
Discuss preventive frameworks.
Module 11: Europe and the Crisis
Duration: ~4 hours
Explore crisis impact on European countries like Ireland and Iceland.
Review national policy responses.
Module 12: The Eurozone Crisis
Duration: ~6 hours
Understand sovereign debt challenges.
Compare to historical global downturns.
Module 13: Summary and Takeaways
Duration: ~22 minutes
Recap key lessons from the course.
Emphasize future implications.
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Job Outlook
Economists: Deepen crisis analysis skills.
Financial Analysts: Improve risk prediction and response strategies.
Policy Makers: Learn from past interventions to design better policies.
Banking Professionals: Understand regulatory needs and institutional risk.
Students: Build a strong foundation in financial history and theory.
Specification: The Global Financial Crisis
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